Floating seat



C. HAJDUK FLOATING SEAT Feb. 3, 1948.

Filed April 5, 1946 Y NJ R m w m m m% w m C Patented Feb. 3, i948 UNITED-STATE PATENT OFFICE FLOATING SEAT V Casimir Hajduk, Dearborn, Mich. ApplicationApril5,1946; Serial No. 659,801

Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in floating seats. At the present time'there are several such seats on the market including saddles or rests provided with buckles or fasteners of some kind for'atta'chingthem to inflated floating-seat including .,a,saddleflor support to which two endless straps angularly disposed to one another are permanently secured so that an inflated annular tube may be readily inserted through the loops of the straps and the saddle subsequently dropped through the ring circumscribed by the tube. Thus detachment of the saddle and the straps from the tube is rendered impossible so long as the saddle is in use and a bathers legs are extending downward from the saddle.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a floating seat wherein the loops formed by the straps are longer than the outer diameter or the tube; in this way insertion of the tube through the loops is rendered very easy, and the saddle, when in use, assumes a position several inches below the tube thereby insuring stability in the water because the bathers center of gravity is supported well below the surface.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a floating seat wherein one strap loop is arranged to extend between the bathers legs thereby preventing that strap from shifting materially; and to so arrange the other strap loop transversely of the saddle that it is held against movement relative to the tube by the first strap.

Another object of the invention is to provide a very safe and simple form of floating seat which can be cheaply manufactured, and quickly mounted upon a tube or as quickly removed therefrom.

Having thus briefly stated some of the objects and advantages of the invention I will now describe a preferred embodiment thereof with the aid of the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows a plan view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail in perspective showing the 2' underside of the saddle and portions of looped straps secured thereto.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing an inflated annular tube being inserted through the looped straps.

' Referring to the drawing, I designates a saddle or support to the underside of which two endless loop straps 2 and 3 are secured which extend at right angles to one another. A portion of the strap 2 extends centrally and longitudinally beneath the saddle I and is secured to the latter the adjacent each extremity as by rivets 4. A por-- tion of the strap 3 extends transversely beneath the saddle I and beneath the attached portion of the strap 2 and is secured to the said saddle adjacent opposite sides thereof as by rivets 5.

i; denotes an inflated annular tube, which may consist of an ordinary inner tube. The saddle is held with the straps hanging down as shown in Figure 5 and the tube, the outside diameter of which is less than the length of the loops formed by the straps 2 and 3, is inserted through the loops. It is of course understood that both looped straps should be of the same length. Then the tube is turned to a horizontal position and the saddle is dropped through the central opening through the tube. Then, as may be clearly seen from Figures 2 and 3, the saddle assumes a horizontal position materially below the bottom of the tube so that the center of gravity of a bather supported on the saddle is some distance beneath the surface of the water to insure stability.

Due to the fact that both looped portions of the transverse strap 3 which extend beneath the saddie I are firmly engaged between the upper and lower portions of the longitudinal loop strap 2 the said transverse strap is sufiiciently held by the latter to prevent it from shifting around the tube; and the bathers legs prevent any material shifting of the longitudinal strap 2. For obviously it is desirable that the straps remain at uniform spacin around the tube. Again the grip of the straps upon the tube also helps to prevent circular movement of the straps, which are preferably made of readily flexible fabric.

From the above it will be readily seen that the manufacture is extremely simple and consists merely of a saddle or seating support to the underside of which two looped straps are secured at right angles to one another.

While in the foregoing the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described and shown it is understood that alterations and modifications may be made thereto, provided the said a bather is adapted to be seated, two endless straps of equal length separately secured to the underside of the support, the portions fthetwo straps secured to the support :beingrdisposed sub stantially at right angles to one another and passing across each other, and the loops formed by the straps being adapted to extend around oppo- :site sides of an inflated rannular tube armhole the support suspended'substantially;inialignment withtheztube axis.

:3. A :floating seat including :aninfi'atable -.a'rinular tube adapted to float in the water,ftwo end- .less straps, and a (support to the underside of which each strap :is separately secured, 'the sezcured portions 'iOf the straps crossing "each other Sand :being arranged isubstantially "at right'iangle's to :one another, the loop formed :by each :strap -textending'ar'oundbpposite sides o'f'th'e tube and holding the support suspended within and somewhat'below:the'annular'rtube.

4. :A floating seat including arsupport on which a, bather :is adapted ito .-be seated, .two endless straps :of' equal length, a portion of 0118 endless 4 strap extending longitudinally beneath the support and secured thereto adjacent opposite margins of the support, a portion of the other endless strap extending transversely beneath the support and beneath the secured ortion of the first strap and fastened to said support adjacent opposite margins of the latter, and an inflatable annular tube around opposite sides of which each strap extends thereby holding the support suspended withinitherannular tubeeand somewhat below the latter,'said other endless strapbeing engaged and gripped between two portions of the first strap "beneath the support.

,5.-The combination in claim 2, wherein the attached portion of one strap extends longitudinally beneath the support and the attached portion,of.the. other:,strap extends transversely beneath said support and beneath the attached :portionof the first strap, and the looped end of the other strap remote'from its support attach- :ment lies within the2looped end :of the ifirst strap -wherebytwoxopposedrportionsiof the-loopdormied :by sthefirststrap'gripitwo opposed portions of the .loop formedcby the other strap "and hold :them imm vable beneath :the support when the latter isin use. l

*CASIMIR. HA'JDUK.

:REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inithe ifile 40f this patent: V

UNITED STATES :PATENTS Marriott "Sept. 8, 1925 

